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    though vestiges remain in the small park on Rue de l'Abbaye next to the entrance to the Church. The abbey church's west end tower was pierced by a portal...
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    ancient Roman route (Flanders road) leading to Saint-Denis, Pontoise and Rouen competed with the Route de Senlis (Rue Saint-Martin) but gained an advantage...
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    The Rue Bonaparte (French pronunciation: [ʁy bɔnapaʁt]) is a street in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It spans the Quai Voltaire/Quai Malaquais to the...
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    (9.3 miles) west of Colmar on the D417 road to the Col de la Schlucht and Épinal. The site of a 7th-century abbey or monastery, which gave the place its...
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    grew up to the east of the Bastille around the abbey of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs, and ran along the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine. The Faubourg Saint-Antoine...
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    The Rue de l'Université (French pronunciation: [ʁy d(ə) lynivɛʁsite]) is a street located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The official address...
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    a seven-kilometer straight road which includes, from north to south, the Avenue de la Tranchée, the Pont Wilson, the Rue Nationale et the Avenue de Grammont...
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    from the abbey, by a leg. With the Rue des Cheaudeaux, now Rue Étienne-Dolet, and the Place des Courqueux. Current Rue des Bourets. Formerly Rue du Moutier...
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  • is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney...
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    52-metre (171 ft) Flamboyant Gothic tower at the intersection of the Rue de Rivoli with Rue Nicolas-Flamel is all that remains of the former 16th-century Church...
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    including: Rue Gratte-Cul, now Rue Dussoubs Rue Maubuée, now Rue de Venise Rue du Poil-au-Con, now Rue du Pélican Rue Pute-y-Musse, now Rue du Petit-Musc Rue Tire-Vit...
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    Itinerary. This road followed the axis of today's Rue Marx-Dormoy and Rue de la Chapelle. The village was at the junction of this road with the old tin...
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    has been housed in the deserted priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs on the Rue Réaumur [fr] in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. Today the museum, which...
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    monuments: A Farmhouse at 4 Rue des Meuniers (1787) A Farmhouse at 7 Rue des Meuniers (19th century) The Town Hall / School at 12 Rue Principale (1869). The...
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  • of the abbey, only being allowed to leave the premises for a few hours a day. Romand participated in the daily life of the 70 monks of the abbey during...
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  • the location of Epping Forest College, East 15 Acting School and the De La Rue printing works. It is one of a limited number of places outside Greater London...
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    the Renaissance. Many picturesque streets still exist. Among these is the rue Mercière, where printers and booksellers gravitated in the 15th and 16th...
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    the City of Brussels. The municipality's smaller western part includes the Rue du Bailli/Baljuwstraat and extends roughly from the Avenue Louise to the...
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    between the Rue de Paradis to its south, the Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis to its east, the Boulevard de la Chapelle to its north and the Rue Sainte-Anne...
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    confluence of the Rhône and the Saône. A road running south along the route of the old ramparts was named rue des Remparts d'Ainay. Close by is also to...
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    Ligure, Liguria region, northern Italy. It is on the coastal road to Portofino. The abbey complex is a designated National Monument of Italy. In the Middle...
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    Mars. Around 4 pm Madame de Staël, as ambassadress of Sweden who lived in Rue du Bac near Champ de Mars, tried to flee through crowded streets, but her...
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    philosophers who were a couple. The pair lived close to the square at 42 rue Bonaparte. The square was named the Place Jean-Paul-Sartre-et-Simone-de-Beauvoir...
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    village is crossed by Rue du Vieux Tilleul. The former municipality of My had two hamlets: Ville located at the crossroads of national road 66 (Huy-Malmedy)...
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    (Saint Anthony's suburb), to the neighbourhood that grew up around the Abbey. The Abbey housed nuns (moniales) and, quite quickly, became an institution dominated...
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    Fécamp (section The Abbey)
    are 16th century: Numbers 21 and 73 Rue Arquaise and 6, Rue de la Voûte (built with reclaimed materials from the abbey palace) Water Tower 13th century Épinay...
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    Street name (redirect from Road name)
    Green and Bordesley Green Road, both in the Bordesley Green section of Birmingham, England, and the fifteen separate Abbey Roads in London. The city of Boston...
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    area (rue Carnot, rue Dufour, rue Sigorgne, rue Philibert-Laguiche, rue Dombert, rue Franche, the quay Lamartine, the esplanade Lamartine and rue de la...
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  • squalid cul-de-sacs. The Rue Haute, one of the city's longest and oldest streets, follows the course of an old Gallo-Roman road, and runs along Saint Peter's...
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    monasteries in Paris Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés Abbey of St Genevieve Couvent des Jacobins de la rue Saint-Honoré Couvent des Jacobins de la rue Saint-Jacques...
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